it's been 50 years since that day, and the fight for sex worker rights is still going strong. We still fight for social acceptance, decriminalization and the right to work safely. No more raids. No more arrests. No more stigma. No more bad laws. Because sex work is work.

On June 2nd, 1975, 100 sex workers gathered at the Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France. They demanded an end stigma, criminal penalties and police harassment. They hung a banner which read ‘Our children don’t want their mothers to go to jail’ That was when International Sex workers' Day started.

Latest migration figures show a 17% drop in international student applications. An unbelievable act of economic self harm that is destroying the crown jewel of Britain's modern economy. UK #HigherEd generates around £265bn per year. Around 250x more than fishing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

A group of us law academics put together a letter on FWS v Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court ruling & we are asking other *UK based law folk* (academic activist practitioner etc) to sign More details 👇 #transrights #trans #transgender #lawsky #academicsky #UKlaw docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Generative AI is melting our only planet. Don’t use it. ChatGPT wastes 10x the amount of water as Google. And last year, Google was in talks to purchase 8 nuclear reactors in order to power their own AI. This is not sustainable. Stop using it today. It’s literal Earth Day.

And - it's a wrap! Grateful to @arwenjoyce.bsky.social & @ingathiemann.bsky.social, best co-convenors and amazing friends; to everyone who contributed to the Labour Law and Society stream #SLSA2025, and to @slsauk.bsky.social & @livunislsj.bsky.social for a wonderful conference!

@arwenjoyce.bsky.social kicking off our final panel (😢) in the labour law and society stream at the 2025 conference of @slsauk.bsky.social with her paper on “Litigating violations of low-wage migrant workers’ labour rights: lessons from South Korea and Thailand”

We know today may feel especially heavy for our trans and non-binary siblings. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or affected by the UK Supreme Court’s decision, please know you’re not alone. We’re here for you every day from 10am to 10pm. #TransRights #Trans #NonBinary #SupremeCourt #Gender

Joint event of #LPE and #Labour Law and Society streams closing the floor rest day of #SLSA2025, discussing Judy Fudge's book ‘Constructing Modern Slavery: Law Capitalism and Unfree Labour’ @ingathiemann.bsky.social @jackmeakin.bsky.social

Wahnsinn. Dieser nie dagewesene Anstieg der CO2-Konzentration in einem Jahr ist jenseits aller Erwartungen und müsste in zig Sondersendungen erörtert werden, wenn wir als Gesellschaft noch bei Trost wären. Müsste... gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...

The Labour Law and Society stream for @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 Conference @livunislsj.bsky.social looks so good! @arwenjoyce.bsky.social @ingathiemann.bsky.social

The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history. We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.

these issues by states and non-state actors. @ingathiemann.bsky.social and I will also present research conducted alongside NGOs and other academics on how restrictive visa conditions, enforcement shortcomings and unscrupulous recruitment practices make workers susceptible to exploitation, with Q&A

Please join us for this webinar on 28th April on modern slavery and human rights, with a focus on migrant care and agricultural workers in the UK. UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Tomoya Obokata will speak on his mandate and responses to /1 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

Only two weeks left to submit your abstract to the SLSA Labour Law and Society stream! 💪 Deadline is 18 Dec. Maayan, @ingathiemann.bsky.social and I hope you can join us in Liverpool. If not, there is an online poster session option. 🌟

While talking about a "black hole in public finances" Starmer manages to find £150million to rehash an already demonstrably failed policy which embeds the criminalisation, and hostility towards, people seeking safety. This is a PR stunt not a policy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

@dkagiaros.bsky.social and my blog post discussing M.A. and others v. France & the End Demand / Nordic model of sex work regulation is out now. We critique how the Court applied consensus and procedural review in this case to reach its finding of no violation. strasbourgobservers.com/2024/09/03/m...

Fixed-term, tied visas put workers at risk: coverage of our research project in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...

Today we published our new report about how migrant workers in agriculture and care face exploitation and structural barriers to protections. modernslaverypec.org/resources/uk... Also today the UK government has announced further restrictive measures for care worker visas…

From February, migrant domestic abuse survivors will have to pay £2,885 to apply for leave to remain in the UK – an increase of £481 on the previous rate, and a 77% net profit margin to the Home Office - risking trapping people in abusive relationships www.opendemocracy.net/en/home-offi...

[...] We can all be #refugees Nobody is safe, All it takes is a mad leader Or no rain to bring forth food, We can all be refugees We can all be told to go, We can be hated by someone For being someone. [...] #BenjaminZephaniah #RIP

“Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited” @nesrinemalik.bsky.social sums up UK immigration policy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A Nepali worker who was underpaid by nearly £1,500 by a British farm is bringing a landmark legal challenge over wage theft and indirect discrimination. She is the first person on a seasonal worker visa to take her bosses to an employment tribunal. 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Happy Spotify wrapped day 😉

Die Unionsfraktion im Bundestag schlägt ein Sexkaufverbot nach Nordischem Modell vor. TERESA KATHARINA HARRER über eine viel zu einfache Lösung, die grundrechtliche Schwierigkeiten übersieht. Trotzdem kann sie dem Positionspapier etwas abgewinnen. verfassungsblog.de/der-alte-wun...

"Leave customary international law now!"

Supreme Court rules Rwanda expulsion policy is unlawful - summary of the main part of today's judgment Full text of today's judgment: www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

Appropriate first post: crying some tears of joy on the train about the UK Supreme Court ruling. 🥳